Analysis of The Lonely Leaf



The Lonely Leaf

Leaves tumble to the ground,
then they dry and crackle,
as we crunch them with our shoes.
A neat array of crimson leaves lay,
with a riot of red, gold and brown,
while summer takes a snooze.
Winter prepares.
Exhausted leaves drop to the ground below,
to wait, like children for the snow,
At last, autumn retreats,
leaves start to disappear one by one.
Until only one leaf left...


Scheme X XXAXXAXBBXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 110101 111010 11111101 010111011 101011101 110101 1001 0101110101 11110101 111001 11101111 0110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 396
Words 84
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 12
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on September 11, 2022

Submitted by kazishadab on November 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Zainab Kazi

Zainab Kazi is 11 years old. Zainab wrote this poetry for school competition where she received first prize. more…

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